higher education

July 8, 2021

Few strings for colleges on how to spend record federal Covid relief dollars

The once-in-a-lifetime pandemic drove Congress and two presidential administrations to approve $69 billion in Covid relief for higher education with the highest amount, more than $9.5 billion, for California colleges and universities.

Thomas Peele

College & Careers

June 29, 2021

Budget deal invests in financial aid, enrollment growth at California's colleges and universities

The budget approved by lawmakers will grow enrollment of California residents at UC and CSU while also expanding financial aid access.

Michael Burke And Ashley A. Smith

College & Careers

January 8, 2021

Newsom proposes increased funding to California’s colleges and universities to mitigate Covid-19 impact

Higher education leaders in California mostly praised Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget proposal, which offsets some of last year's cuts.

Michael Burke And Ashley A. Smith

College & Careers

July 7, 2020

Michael Drake, former UC Irvine chancellor, named University of California president

Drake will step into the role during an unstable period, with the coronavirus having upended the UC system.

Michael Burke

Coronavirus

May 5, 2020

California State University faces more than $300 million in coronavirus-related losses

Federal stimulus dollars could help but officials warn of further revenue declines.

Michael Burke

Year in Review

January 6, 2020

California governor keeps key higher education pledges but significant aid for non-tuition costs remains

Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded financial aid, but experts and activists hope for more progress in the coming year to help students cover non-tuition costs.

Michael Burke

College & Careers

August 13, 2019

Reforming higher education in California: a bill tracker

Increasing financial aid for California college students among 21 new proposals

Michael Burke

College & Careers

June 14, 2019

More aid for older and homeless students in California's higher education budget

The budget provides an increase to 41,000 Cal Grants for older students to pay tuition. Advocates say more help is needed and hope for bigger reforms next year.

Larry Gordon And Michael Burke

State Education Policy

February 6, 2019

Gov. Newsom and his school spending ideas are popular with Californians, poll finds

Forty-four percent of adults approved of the way Newsom is handling his new job, 23 percent disapproved. Newsom’s support was strongest in his home San Francisco Bay area (52 percent),lowest in the Inland Empire (36 percent).

Larry Gordon

January 2, 2019

California higher education leaders have high hopes for Newsom's spending plans

Higher education experts expect Newsom to be more generous to academia than Gov. Brown. New funding and expansion of free community college tuition are anticipated.